In accordance with department policy, the Federal Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, and the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, all applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to take a pre-employment test for controlled substances.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. Recruitment, hiring, training and promotions shall be administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or sex, except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification.

Criminal homicide

Kidnapping and

false imprisonment

Indecency with a child

Sexual assault

Aggravated assault

Injury to a child, elderly individual or disabled individual

Abandoning or endangering a child

Aiding suicide

Agreement to abduct

from custody

Sale or purchase of a child

Arson

Robbery

Aggravated Robbery

Indecent Exposure

Improper relationship between educator and student

Improper photography

or visual recording

Deadly conduct

Aggravated sexual assault

Terroristic threat

Online solicitation of a minor

Money laundering

Medicaid fraud

Cruelty to Animals

False identification

as a peace officer

Disorderly Conduct

Felony conviction for theft

within the previous five years

In addition, the following individuals may not be employed by, assigned volunteer status at, or serve as a professional clinical intern at Pecan Valley Centers or provider:

An individual who has been convicted of any of the criminal offenses listed above;

An individual who has been convicted of an offense that Pecan Valley Centers has determined to be a contraindication to employment or volunteer status at that entity;

An individual who is listed as revoked in the Nurse Aid Registry;or An individual who is listed as unemployable in the Employee Misconduct Registry.

Consistent with the Texas Government Code, Pecan Valley Centers shall destroy conviction information from the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), whether obtained through the department or a private agency, after an employment/volunteer decision has been made or personal action has been taken.